The white walls and sliding doors on the NYC Subway reminded us of the rebel ship from Star Wars, and we thought it would be fun to see how people would react to a surprise appearance by those iconic characters.

Working women unite -- the June report on women's earnings, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this month, doesn't indicate any earth-shattering progress in the gender wage gap debate. Women are still earning less than men, although the exact pay gap depends on age.

At mile 300 on I-70 we spied this doozy of a billboard: "Obama is a Fraud. Demand Resignation Now. God Bless America." We snapped photos of it from the parking lot of the Dreamland Motel, the place Timothy McVeigh holed up in the week before bombing the Murrah Building in Oklahoma City.

A string of teenage suicides -- at least 22 this year, according to local rights group Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) -- and dozens of high-profile attacks on teenage girls have highlighted Bangladesh's sexual bullying problem.

The owner of the Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and KFC fast-food restaurant brands said Tuesday that its second-quarter profit fell slightly because a one-time gain a year ago outpaced its revenue growth. Yum Brands Inc. gave an upbeat forecast, citing ballooning growth in China, and raised its full-year outlook.

The Big Bang theory has formed the basis of our understanding of the universe's origins since it was first proposed in 1927 by Georges Lemaitre. And for good reason: the theory is supported by scientists' latest observations and experiments, and is based on Einstein's widely accepted ...

As its name implies, Rock, Paper, Scissors, like a really limited periodic table, involves three elements. Each one of these elements has a winning, losing, and tying combination against an opponent. On paper, this sounds like there is only ever a 1/3 chance of winning with each throw. But introduce a little human psychology into your game...

When Dina Perouty-Leone began telling friends and acquaintances that she had terminal stomach cancer and that she needed help paying for treatment because she had no health insurance, there was little reason to doubt her word. In the beginning, she fooled everyone...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Scientists are reporting early signs that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is altering the marine food web by killing or tainting some creatures and spurring the growth of others more suited to a fouled environment. Near the spill site, researchers have documented a massive die-off of pyrosomes - cucumber-shaped, gelatinous...

Eleven music labels are suing a porn company for allegedly using their music prominently in adult videos without a license. The company argues that the music played is merely a result of the environment and should count as fair use.

A list with 1300 names of illegal aliens in Utah was released to the media, The House, and The Senate. The list contains SS#, birth dates, contact and workplace info., their children's names, and even the due dates of pregnant woman. Even Arizona officials have condemned the release of the list.

Has Toy Story 3 broken the curse of the threequel? Threequels are usually creative and commercial poison. For every one that works, we get a Spider-Man 3 or Batman Forever. The biggest problem with threequels is a creative drive to continue a story instead of merely a commercial drive to make a buck. Which ten threequels have displayed this trait?

Have you ever wondered why your dog makes those strange muttering sounds at the dinner table? Or why he lays his ears back when confronted with a stranger? Dogs speak to us, but in a different language. Unfortunately, there's no Rosetta Stone DVD to help us learn "dog talk."

An employee for a privacy group made a rookie mistake by sending a Reply-All email and actually breached the privacy of people who had emailed their concerns to the group about their privacy. ESRB did not remark on if the Reply All privacy breach resulted in an email storm. An email storm can take down email servers similar to a DDoS attack...

Presumably when the movie actually opens Friday, all hell will break loose, crowds will riot en masse and anyone foolish enough to take acid before showing up to the theater will probably never be the same after -- or so the orgasmic early reviews would have us believe.

The definition of a 'power user' on Digg has been someone with the ability to make stories popular simply by submitting content. There was also a lot of back scratching that happened behind the scenes among power users & publishers. Digg has attracted a lot of criticism in the past for these practices. The new Digg changes the game completely.

By Caren Bohan||WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hoping to lift sagging confidence in President Barack Obama's economic leadership, the White House will make the case on Wednesday that his policies are creating jobs and spurring private investment.||A report...

It's not at all clear what the real-world effects of the iPhone 4 antenna issue actually are for most people, so we've collected reports from every member of the Engadget staff who's using the phone, as well as reaching out to a variety of tech industry colleagues for their experiences.

Playing a good videogame can be, in some respects, like reading a good book: you can take themes, ideas and feelings from fiction and carry them with you into real life. Somewhere, in some senate subcommittee meeting, this claim made Joe Lieberman take a dump in his pants. But it's true. And we've got the proof.